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Ghostbusters 8 is the eighth issue in an ongoing Ghostbusters comic book series by IDW Publishing.
Plot
The spotlight is on Egon Spengler as he tracks down a paranormal entity - one that has ties to his past - to discover the true source of the city's abnormally high P.K.E. levels! The grand finale to the second arc of the hit ongoing series! [1]
Development
On October 30th, 2011, Erik Burnham revealed Issue #8 will be a "done in one" story followed by a second four part arc in Issues #9-12. [2] [3]
On November 30th, 2011, Tristan Jones tweeted "Ruining a perfectly good cover by Dan Schoening and Luis Delgado for Ghostbusters #8." [4] Erik Burnham tweeted the cover was "the best thing ever," "awesomeness incarnate" but it wasn't yet fully approved. [5] [6] [7]
On December 4th, 2011, Erik Burnham revealed Issue #8 will have an Egon focus. [8]
On December 6th, 2011, Tristan Jones and Erik Burnham posted Cover A of Issue #8. It features Egon, an entity, and the phrases "The Man Who Holds the Hands of Death" and "An Egon Spengler Mystery." [9] [10]
On December 7th, 2011, Erik Burnham hinted Issue #8 will have ramifications that will affect the next couple arcs. [11] Burnham also blogged about the evolution of the cover. He gave Dan Schoening a rough idea for a pulpy detective cover with Egon, Luis Delgado colored it, and Tristan Jones aged it along with contributing ideas for the lettering. [12] Egon will be narrating during the issue. [13]
On January 21st, 2012, Erik Burnham tweeted he had to restart the Ghostbusters #8 script three times. [14]
On February 19th, 2012, Erik Burnham hinted the story is mostly standalone. There is a bust and then Egon goes off and solves something on his own. Issue #8 does play into the second arc but one doesn't have to be read to understand the other. [15]
On February 23rd, 2012, Erik Burnham revealed Janine's boyfriend, Roger, will appear. [16]
On February 26th, 2012, Tristan Jones teased "People gonna learn a thing or two about Tobin's Spirit Guide." [17]
On February 28th, 2012, Tristan Jones tweeting he was working on Issue #8 and the stuff is also a litmus stuff for an annual issue if it is approved. [18] [19]
On March 3rd, 2012, in a prerecorded interview, Erik Burnham revealed he just turned in the script. [20] There will be hints of other subplots in Issue #8. [21]
On March 11th, 2012, Tristan Jones revealed he did story and art for a seven page story in Issue #8. [22]
On March 12th, 2012, Tristan Jones posted a teaser, titled "The Man Who Sought Death," for his story. The teaser featured two men (one holding a Tobin's Spirit Guide) and a corpse of some sort. [23] Jones later confirmed a tapestry in the room is a nod to Genevieve Tapestry from "Hard Knight's Day," one of the men is from France, and the other from East Germany. [24]
Cast
Trivia
External Links
References
- ↑ Spook Central #8 Solicitations and Covers 1/20/12
- ↑ IDW Forums 10/30/11
- ↑ erikburnham Formspring Reply 11/12/11
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 11/30/11
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet #1 11/30/11
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet #2 11/30/11
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet #3 11/30/11
- ↑ Proton Charging 12/4/11 Article Comments Section
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 12/6/11
- ↑ Erik Burnham Fanpage post
- ↑ IDW Forums post #1 12/7/11
- ↑ Burnhamania 12/7/11 entry
- ↑ Wall Photo 12/7/11, 6:48 am comment
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet 1/21/12
- ↑ Erik Burnham IDW Forum post 2/19/12
- ↑ Erik Burnham IDW Forums post 2/23/12
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 2/26/12
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet #1 2/28/12
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet #2 2/28/12
- ↑ Comic Book Late Night 3/3/12, 46:22-46:26
- ↑ Comic Book Late Night 3/3/12, 57:33-58:32
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 3/11/12
- ↑ Tristan Jones deviantArt 3/12/12
- ↑ Tristan Jones deviantArt reply 3/12/12
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